Automobiles in German Town Found Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Police Report

Area Law Enforcement

Approximately 50 vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.

Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.

Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.

The fluid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they added.

Police then located multiple other marked vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.

Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.

Law enforcement report early analysis indicate the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.

"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they added.

Local authorities stated they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the residents for information.

A high-ranking official commented the vandalism rendered him stunned and required to be solved rapidly.

"This act affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a shooter focusing on residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.